Liverpool, UK

Liverpool is considered one the UK’s strongest economies, worth an estimated £156.8 billion. It’s home to around 294,200 businesses with access to close to six million customers. The city saw one of the highest rates of growth between 2004 and 2012 with a 34% increase, according to Invest Liverpool.

Economic output per job in advanced manufacturing is estimated at 7% higher than the UK average, and the sector in Liverpool is expected to grow a further 22% over the next 10 years, compared to 19% nationally. Liverpool is home to a number of national and international companies, including:

Dong Energy

General Motors

Jaguar Land Rover

Maersk

QVC

Unilever

and many more. In 2016, Barclays announced it would invest £15m into the city, creating 300 jobs.

Liverpool is home to the International Business Festival. In 2016, the festival attracted around 25,000 visitors; a fifth of these were from London and the South East. It attracted delegates and investors from over 100 countries. The festival ran for three weeks and helped facilitate deals worth an estimated £250m.

Liverpool is very well connected to other parts of UK:

Air: Liverpool John Lennon Airport is located around 32 minutes by public transport from the city centre. The airport services a number of airports across Europe. Manchester Airport is around 51 minutes by car or 1h 9 mins by car.

Road: The M62, the M57 and the M58, connecting to the M6 and leading to destinations such as Manchester, Blackburn, Birmingham and Carlisle.

Bus: Liverpool is serviced by a large number of local buses.

Rail: Liverpool is home to four rail stations - James Street, Moorfields, Liverpool Lime Street and Liverpool Central - providing services to nearby areas, such as Kirkby and Ormskirk,as well as major cities and towns such as Newcastle, Manchester and Manchester Airport, Norwich, Scarborough, Birmingham and London Euston.

University of Liverpool Meyerside

Liverpool is home to 13 primary schools, 31 secondary schools, 13 independent schools and 14 special and alternative schools.

Further education: The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) is one of the UK’s most prominent schools for the performing arts. It was founded by Sir Paul McCartney and Mark Featherstone-Witty RNOM OBE in 1996. In September 2003, LIPA launched LIPA 4-19; a part-time performing arts academy for 4 to 19 year olds. Since then, a satellite school and associate academies have also been launched. LIPA started its own primary free school in 2014 and its own sixth form free college in September 2016. Other further education organisations include: City of Liverpool College, St Edward’s College, Bellerive FCJ Catholic College, and Liverpool College, one of few state boarding schools in the UK.Higher education:Liverpool is home to three universities:

University of Liverpool, which had around 24,775 students in 2015/16

Liverpool John Moores University, which had around 21,875 students in 2015/16

Liverpool Hope University, which had around 4,940 students in 2015/16

WHY SHOULD YOU INVEST IN LIVERPOOL PROPERTIES?

Liverpool is considered one the UK’s strongest economies£900 million available to metro mayor for transport,health, social care, education over next 30 years235,700 number of employees£18.3 billion superport action plan 2011-2020 to add £18.3 billion of additional GVA by 2030Fastest growing economy outside of LondonRental returns in Liverpool are outperforming London (HSBC)​5.5 billion-pound waterfront regeneration Liverpool has a housing stock shortage and a growing professional population

Steven Gerrard's best quote:Liverpool Football Club - Premier League

Liverpool offers Landlords Strong ReturnsInvestors have been looking towards cities such as Liverpool, where house prices are lower with potential for greater rental returns for landlords when compared with the relatively low cost of buying a property (Hometrack - April 2016)

Located just a few minutes’ walk from the UNESCO World Heritage Waterfront, Liverpool City Centre and the Central Business District, Liverpool is ranked among the TOP 5 cities in UK, year after year.Demand from the rental market has shifted towards the city centre and the waterfront. River facing projects offering a holistic management service which are walking distance to the main city centre, have emerged as a prime type of property in Liverpool.The experts at Jones Lang LaSalle predict that rental growth in Liverpool will increase by 17.6% between 2017 and 2021 allowing property investors to secure strong rental returns from this flourishing property market.Liverpool’s prosperous Commercial, Retail and Business District is also home to the headquarters of some of the UK’s top companies. Over the next 5 years, Liverpool Commercial District BID will build on the area’s success through investment that will drive further growth to the area.